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www.seadiscovery.com Marine Technology Reporter 5 Maggie Linskey Merrill is the founding editor and publisher of Marine Technology Reporter. She has 20 years experience communicating marine science, technology, environmental and engineering news and information. She has held positions at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, HA Perry Foundation and Sea Data Corporation. In 1993 she founded MTR and the Marine and Oceanographic Technology Network (MOTN). (Story on page 26) www.seadiscovery.com NEW YORK 118 E. 25th St., New York, NY 10010 Tel: (212) 477-6700; Fax: (212) 254-6271 FLORIDA 215 NW 3rd St., Boynton Beach, FL 33435 Tel: (561) 732-1659; Fax: (561) 732-6984 PUBLISHER John C. O'Malley • jomalley@marinelink.com Associate Publisher & Editor Gregory R. Trauthwein trauthwein@marinelink.com Editorial Director Maggie Merrill martrep@aol.com Editorial Intern Melissa Mendoza mendoza@marinelink.com Production Manager John Guzman guzman@marinelink.com Asst. Production Manager Irina Tabakina tabakina@marinelink.com Manager, Information Services Tina Veselov veselov@marinelink.com Manager, Accounting Services Esther Rothenberger rothenberger@marinelink.com Manager, Public Relations Mark O’Malley momalley@marinelink.com Manager, Information Technology Services Vladimir Bibik bibik@marinelink.com CIRCULATION Kathleen Hickey mtrcirc@marinelink.com ADVERTISING Sales Manager Dominick Daddio daddio@marinelink.com Senior Vice President, Sales Brett W. Keil bkeil@marinelink.com Tel: (561) 732-1185; Fax: (561) 732-8414 Senior Vice President, Sales Rob Howard howard@marinelink.com Tel: (561) 732-4368; Fax: (561) 732-6984 Vice President of Sales Lucia M. Annunziata annunziata@marinelink.com Classified Ad Sales Dale L. Barnett barnett@marinelink.com Managing Director, International Sales Tony Stein tony.r.stein@btinternet.com 12, Braehead, Bo'ness, West Lothian EH51 OBZ, Scotland, U.K. Tel: +44 (0) 1506 822240; Fax: +44 (0) 1506 828085 Vice President, International Operations Charles E. Keil ckeil@marinelink.com Tel: (561) 732-0312; Fax: (561) 732-8063 on the Cover As steam rises above the water in a sea ice slot, a work crew prepares to survey the Oooguruk flowline test trench in the Beaufort Sea offshore Alaska. In March this year, INTEC Engineering assisted Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska, Inc., operator of the Oooguruk Field, in completing two 300-foot long test trenches-one near shore and one close to the gravel island drill site-to understand soil performance during trenching. INTEC completed detailed engineering of the Pioneer production pipeline system in winter 2006. The pipeline bundle installation completes in April 2007, with start-up planned for early 2008. (Story starts on page 30) also in this Edition 4 Editorial 4 Editorial Index 7 New WHOI Deep Sea Hybrid dubbed Nereus 8 NOAA celebrates new addition to fleet 16 Preview: Offshore North Sea (ONS) 2006 47 MTR 2006 Directory 49 People & Company News 54 Products 59 MTR Marketplace: JOBS 64 Advertiser’s Index the Authors Edward Lundquist is a senior science advisor and naval ana- lyst with Alion Science and Technology, Washington, D.C. A retired U.S. Navy captain, he currently supports the Navy's Surface Warfare Directorate. (Story on page 20) MTR#6 (1-16).qxd 7/11/2006 11:58 AM Page 7
